The Sun. — London, England, 1809-04-13 00:00:00

MAILS: Attatvin—t Gottenburgh, Dublin, 2 Waterford. Comnburgh, t Watcrford. PRICji OF STOCKS TIM DAY At TWZLVS O'CeoCt. Consols . .. .. 6y THE SUN. ./10t1g QUIS DICSIII IPAILSUriI AUDEAT LONDON, raußsomr., APRIL 13, 1809. It is with great pleasure that we actpiaiat our Readers that the Junon French Frigate, of 48 guns, end 300 men, has been captured near the Saints; by the Horatio and Lakna Frigates. The Captain of the Juaon is killed, and she had 130 me . .„ killed 4r id weunded in the anion f she was laden with coffee and sugar, from Guadaloupe. Captain SCOTT, of, the Horatio, and his First Lieutenant, ue are sally to add, are wounded. We are happy to have in our power thisday to lay before out Readers 'die Official Details respeeling ';Ito Surrender of Martinique and Vigo, which were published in a Gazette Extraordinary this naming. Last night two Gattenturgh Mails arrived. It appears that the report which had reached this country of a counterlevolution having taken place :1 1 Si:0/Aden is '„unfourided. , The Xing continues ;closely confined, and, to the disgrace of those who 4it , ve united his'authbrity, lie has not even been al. 1 0 ,,v0 tg,op the Queer), 4 'suspension of arms has been agreed-upon between Russia and Sweden, but the , Bmperor AtaxANuan would not lake any final "steps,miiil he roceiVed an , answer 10 communica tion which he had made to the french Government. It , is stated in our Plymouth Letter, that the Diana Frigate, on board of which Admiral Da Cot/ a caY was procecding, to take the command in the Brazils, had been captured after a severe action, by three French Frigates.; We trust 'the intelligence will prove unfounded no account of ouch an event bas , been received at the Admiralty. Fr is stated in a Morning Paper, that an Admiral' fitatPlsee;i sent home, under arrest, for disrespea to his superior Officer, by him " a religious hypocrite." This statement is incorrea : Admiral has been sent to Plymouth, to be tried by a Court Martial ; but he is not under arrest, nor is for the Charges mentioned. Yesterday, about twelve ost.lock, his MAJEsTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, where he was receiv ed by the Dukes of YORK, Curattsni.AND, KENT, and Chhtaatnrso. About two o'clock his AI.I.IISTY Meld a Private Levee, which was attended by The Archbishop of York, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord rtesideht of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Master. * Ceiwral of the Ordnance, the President of the Hoard of Trade, the Three Secretaries of state, the Chjticellm of the Exchequer, the Commander to Ctnct, the ltldge.Advo. c,are, the Diike of Montrose; Lords Napier, Heathfield , (gold •ctick), C, Spencer (in waiting); Kenyon and Primrose; Cenerals (;ordon, tVard; and Paget; Colonels Drinkwater and Iloward; Sir S. Cotterell; and MessrS. Bowen, Stan. 'lope and Elliot. 'file following had, the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY Commissioner I,3owen, upon his return from Spain. • Lord Napier, upon-hip: being iippuinted hi, Alapsty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly ut the Church of Scuti,ind. Master Philip Spencer Stankope, upon Ins being appointed a Pa Ae of ilonour to his Kijesty, by in:, lather, hir; Spencer btanhope, Al.ijor. General Henry Ward, upon his going out on 'the ' Staff to 'lndia, , • I, , ckenfteld, upon his being apPplntal uittip to Al.4jor-Cener A l 411 d gtnilg, to I ndia. P6E111041% upon his rn4rriAge, and upon hie 'being appointot Licukiont-Colottei.Connuainiant •of tho isast •Nlid Li , zindii Local Militia. G toL c.E 1101 ti ugh C(I oi:u . pon his being appointed Governor of the I.l44:wind Itikinls: Goland tioivani, upon his being appointed Second Major of the Cdristrearn Regiment of lnet G uards. Paget, upon hi 4 return from Spain, and being appointed to the Stan of the Army in Portual. coloViel DititeKwATEß laid hefore his MAlss . ry the Ninth Report of the Comthissioners of Military MaiesTY held a Pt ivy Council, at which Mr. Roost Er.i.rotT was introduced, and sworn in,Go vernorof the Leeward Iftlands. MAJUIt gaVe a nCe4 to the Duke of Pain.. LAND, and tile rest of the Cabinet Ministers present') also to Skr D.tvto D,noms and Mr. alma, who liid before his 414Js3Ty tbo proceeding; of several Courts hiartia). About seveu 0'44: hIAiEsTY set off ou return to WindsK. Yesterday a ballot was held at the East India }Mese, kit the ele6tibn of - six Diree.tors in the . room of laceb liasanquet, Esq. 'norm Reid, Esq. fo s eph co ton, UN. Juba Robats Esq. litiwArdVarry; fist). Robert . Thornton, E t . q . Who go out by rotation. At six o'clock the glass were finally closed and 4 1 0 1, vere d to the scrutineers, who reported th e . nutu. bets to he As follow : Sir Fr.incis fluting, Burt. 4631 - r 4 6 1'0111er, Bk. 1657 Sir Hugh 11104 Barg: 043 G.W.T liosv.ol ° tsq . 7 65 John Muribhi l i, Esq. 44)4 kotscirt Willi.int.o,E4ii. title Sir The. Nicii.:4lfc,BArt. i6i6 WhereupOn the grideripeiitioned Gentlemen were , (leof . t:lured thily eluted bCtve tlie tertu toy, year 4, yi,:t. Sir Foil* thigng, Bill. Sir Illeophitua Metcalle, Bart. tlr Hugh Inglis. Bart. (hurgc, Eq. luhn itobert Winiama, Yeutortjay u court of PircOora was held " ndia adulte, it? t CO, AitaY and I,,HARLaS Grimcr, 4.„rirs e received „ the thaUli s of the Court, , lor;theli groatapplicatipt) and attention to the affairs Company during ihe last . ydar. Thy coact ti4journ , .•d at 'O'clock till I • TII LONDON GdZEiT.E EXT,ILIORDLVAItra APRIL 13, 1809. Downing-street, 401 12. Captain greedy, Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant. General Beck With, Commander ..of- his „Majesty's troops in the Leeward Islands, arrived at one o'clock this day, with dispatches from the Lieutenant-Ge neral, to Lord Viscoutn Castlereagh, one of his Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of State, of which the. following are copies:— licad.quaiters, Martinique:Feb. 3;► MY LORD, L 9. I have the honour to subinit to your Lordship's consideration the details of our taking possession of St. Pierre upon the 9th, the occupation of the French hospitals in the town'of Fort Royal upon the tpth, and the surprise of a French piquet close to the &tale Redoubt upon the night of the t lth. In my general report of the adlion of the 24, time did not admit of my expressing my regret at the loss of Captain Sinclair, of the 2511 i light infantry, a very respeaable Otlicer, who tell at the head of his com pany in the course of duty, and Ensign Adamson, of the 3d West India light infantry, who was oinit., ted to ko inchided in the list of wounded. I have, &c. (Signed) GEO. BECK.WICK, Com. For. S 1 R,' " Camp la Costa, Feb. 9, 8200. I ha:t , eilaa honour to transmit to you a 'report from - Lieut.-colonel Barnes, who comMands the third brigade, containing the particulars of his taking poisession of St. Pierre, with thepapitulation agreed on between him 'and the Commandant of the Na tional Guards ; also copy of the Summons sent by me; this, I trust, will receive your approbation. Lieutenant-Colonel Barnes has executed this ser vice with promptittlde and judgment, and I am per fe6t4 confident his measures will be produtaive of the best eft ills to the public service, in that popu louts town. I have the honour to be.&c. (Signed) FRED. MAITLAND, 11Idj. Oen. His xcellenvy Lieuteriimt.(lcileul Beckwith, Coin. of the fuice6. SIR, St. Pierre, Fehrtury 8, 184. In obedience to the orders I had the honour to re eeive from you, I proceeded with the detachment of the tiad regiment, commanded by Major. O'Rourke, on board his . Majesty's sloops }Monti and Cherub, off Corbet, where the troops were disembarked., and marched without delay towards St. Pierre; about it mile from the,town I foutid a body of the militia poste& and ifnmediately sent :Major O'Rourke for ward with a flag of truce, offering them terms on which their own surrender and that of,the town would be accepted, wind) I have herewith' the sa tistaMion to transmit to your Excellency for tha ra tificat.ou Of the commanders in Chief by sea and land., I cannot conclude without acquainting you with the very zealous and a6live exertions, of Major O'Rourke, and the ;Wady and orderly conduit of the detachment of the Gad regiment, and of availing my of this opportunity of expressing my thanks to Captains King and 'rocker, of the Royal Navy. I teel much pleasure in bearing testimony to the very •naive attention of Capt. De Conrcy, of the Quartermaster-gerieral and Barrack Department, iu taking possession of the barracks, as well as ill p re _ paring an inventory, of the ordnance stores, &c. Like wise to the conduet of pr. Burke in taking aharge of all concerns relating to the Medical Departments and of Lieutenant Hamilton of the Vith regiment, officiating as Major of Brigade, who on all occasions merits my entire approbation: . I have the honour to be, &c. (igned). G, BARNES; Lieut. C9l. ties ExL:ellenCy Major.Generat MAitland, dcc. ARTICLES of CAPITULATION entered into between Major O'Rourke, 63d Regiment. on the l'art of his Bri tannic Majesty. and Mona. WEspres; Commandant Of the Town of St. Pielle, Martiniquo, on the Part of the French Government, for the S0114:00Ct 01 LIM Town of St. Pierre and tts amelidtneies. • Heights of St: Mark, Feb. 8, tlkgr. Att. I. The traps or the line to surretulcr themselves prisoners of war, alit! the or national guards to lay dawn fit arms anti return to their domesti c occu p at i ons . A rt. 1 1. The tortilications and public buitdingt of overt description to no surreunclui in the State they now arc: Art. lII.' All punier., ptuperty on share, and all ships and vessels, and property of whatsoever nature shoat, to be wise surrendereAL Art. IV; The inhabitants and people of all deseriptionf to retulutt themselves jicaecably, and in cOnfortnity to M.: orders anti regulations of the Cerninandant ad interim, under d full astiorance that their private property Will he 'notated, ant their true interest considered, by the respeditvc Coinrnanders in Chief by t.ea awl by land of hss Ilritannic Majesty'S for res 311 their definitive regulations, t4tituli.ll on the basis of the l'roclamation already publisliid. • • ' (Signed) vites, Command:km . ls Canle Mitionale. E. (Pito', x tt a t Major, attached to 6jtl Kett. (Approved) J Gn GR EC NIX AY, Corn. tat sde la Garde Nationale. • • Bantats, Lieut. Col. commending. artl,LtAst Firzitov, C311t4111 of His Britannic Majest3's Ship ./EOus, and Senior Officer aft' St, Vicrre. SIR, Caine la Caste, Feb. 8, 1,84. Lieutenant-Colonel 11arnes, who commands a brigade in the army under'the command of Vow e nant-General Beckwith, proceeds to St. Pierre, to take, possession of the town in the demo of hi Mi. tannic Majesty. • I therefore summon you t y istm ender the forks and batteries to the troops owlet his corntuatici, being part of try clip is,ion.. rtitlONOd ' Li a Proclamation, issued by the Cont.; manders in Chief. This Proclamationis the basi s , upon which you are expected to capitulate; but the detailed conditions can only be explained when the capitulation takei place, at the surrender of Far t besieged. In the mean time require, by order of the ComMander in Chief, that you receive the troops sent, and that you observe a faithful and Loyal con du& towards the British ,Army RN thatl demand Under pain, in case of rufasal, of severe measures being taken against you. I have the honour to be, . FRED. MAITLAND, Maj. Gen, T o the Commandant of St. Pieite. Silt, Camp la Coate, Feb. so, Mg, Six A.M. Lieutenant Colonel Al‘Nair, commanding the Ai brigade, was - detached last night at twelire o'clock, with three hundred men of the goth regiment, for the service You had desired relative to the enemy's hospitals. I had taken the Decesiary precautions to commu nicate with Major/Henderson, and that no mistakes should happen with our outposts, Wliat was orderer' has been well performed. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) F. MAITLAND, I. G, Licutenant-General Beckwith, Com of the forces, ;re. • SIR/ Martinico, Feb —u, 409. Having yesterday evening reconnoitred the ene, rny's advanced piquet, I'decided upon attempting the surprise of it in the course of the night, and gave diredions accordingly to-Major Pearson, command ing the light hattalion, a copy of whose report upon this subjea I have the honour to inclose for your Excellency's informaticin.: I have, &c. (Signed) G. PREVOST. To Lieutenant. Gen. Beckwith. SIR, February U, 409, In obedience to your orders of yesterday, I pro ceeded *4li the two flank companies of the 2.5 th Regiment, in order, if possible, to surprize the ad vanced iiicquet of the enemy, which, I am happy to say, was eirated after a very intricate and difficult march of two hours, The enemy left five or six killed on the ground, and the rest made a most pre cipitate retreat to their Fort. I beg leave to state, that the officers and men of the 25th regiment behaved in a most steady and gal ant manner, ,and am happy to add s that tlo CaSualtY oectirred on our side. . • I have, kg. • (Signed) F. PEARSON, Maj.-Comm. Light Infantry Bait. Head-Quarters, Martinique, MY LORD, • e'er. 28,. 04. In my Letter of the 16th instant, I bad the ho nour to transmit ,to your Lordship the details of onr operation's to the ti th preceding, from that neriod.until the lath we were incessantly employed in the s censtralion of gun and mortar bat;eries, and in the landing cannon, mortars, end hoWitters, with their ammunition and stores, in dragging them to the several points seletfited by the engineers, and in the completion of the works, and in mount. ing the ordnance. The exertion, of Commodore Cockburn, and other naval officers, under his or ders upon the rig*, and of Captains Barton and Ilesham of the navy upon the left, in forwarding these services, were Most, conspicuous. The enemy during the interval tired upon our encampments with shot and shells, but fortunately with little cilia, and his picquets, when pressed,, constantly fell back ur.• der the proteelion of hid worki... On the lath, at hay past. four in the 4fterno,on, we opened from six pointi upon the enemy's for- tress,. with fourteen. pieces of heavy cannon, and tWenty-eight mortars .and howitzers, and the can. nonade and bothhardtnent continued with little in termission until noon of the 23d, when the French General sent a trumpet with a letter to our advanced posts, near. theßouille redoubt; in the front of at - tack. In this comrilUtiloltion General Villarer pro posed,'us the btisis of negoeiation, that the French troops Oionld, be sent to Fiance free from all restric lion as to future service ; but this being sible, the bombardment recommenced at ten . at night, and continued .withoUt 'intermission, until nine' O'clOck of the 24th, when three white flags were 'discovered flying, in the fortreis, In .coUse (pence of which our Fite from the batieries itncne diately ceased, . It is with the most heartfelt satisfatilion I have now the honour to report to your Lordship, for his Majesty'. information, that silpported by the talents 'orthe General Officers, and iii particulsr. of Lietne. naott.Goneral Sir Geoige Prevost, and of Major— General 141.aitland, the ex,periemte and zeal of all the other Officers, and the valour and unremitting labour of this army, strengthened .by the indefatigable ex. oitions of Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and the svadron, the campaign, notwillgtanding incessant rains, has bvn brought to a giorious con clusion in the abort spar* of Q 7 days humour depa:w ore frou liarbardoes. The command of such an army will constitute the pride of my future life. To these brave troops, cortduaed by Generals of experience, and not to me, their King and Country owe the Sovereignty of thit important Colony; and I trust, that by a compari son of the force which defended it, and the time in. which , ethas fallen, the present reduaion of Marti. Pique will not be deemed eclipsed by any- formetev pedition. I have the honotir'ici inclose the Arti'cles of CP pit ul a tion, as originally produced by the French Commissioners, ineunstSgeence of , Aenend Villaret's PPPlicatioq to me -for, this purpose, (ltiring . th e forenoon of the *4th; and saieded to hi LicUtenant - General Sir George Prevost; Major-General Mait land, and COMmodore Cockburn, appointed by the Rear-Admirsd and myself to Inca theth. This Ca pitulation, which was itnutually ratified the same ni g ht, will, I taut, be honoured with his Majesty's approbatiori. I inclose also a return of the French garrison, which it is supposed will be in a state t' ernhark r ,in the Course of a fewdays; from ,Whiohyit 'will ''ap pear' that I did not o'er.rate the crigin .3ll nuf fiberl44 the enemy. By the next conveyance, I shall have the honour . toaubmit to your Lordship's consideration the var i. .. pus details which are - now referred 4 to in gener al and terms, to report the merits of the several corps,; hitt the science of the Officers of the Ro'yal Attliktrl Las hcell,too conspicuous . flot to be particularly no ticed, the interior of the enemy's fortress being torn to pieces by shells ; his works have also been much . injuie(l by shot from the gun-hatteries, niapned' by the seamen under the direction of c ornmodor9 Cockburn and the other naval officers. After; the embarkation of the French troops; I i ; shall have the honour to command the'eagles talteti from the enemy to he laid at the King's feet, . Captain Preedy of the both regiment, one or my ! Aides-de-Camp, has the honour to be the beater of ...: : 1 i , this dispatch :beis an of fi cer of service, an 4 I vog t 1 leave to recommend him to his Kijegy's favour, :4il and to your Lordship's i;roteaiort. , I annex the following returns—Ordnance, 001. , munition, and stores takes from the enemy ,provi" sions in the fortress, with the daily issues oirPors hospitals. I have the honour to be, &c. •'‘ (Signed) GEO. BECK WITH; Corn: FOrciii: [Then follow the Articles of c:Ii)it 610111° "' )/1 *am 011 to which it is agreed, stint the rtPI I C" , ' ' 'end embarked in proper vessels„oprisoners q tr sod of ers, rank for rank, proceed to Quiberon Bay, for an excha nge P" t he two nation,. The Captsiin-Oeneral Vino* J° Y Bl:lS . * , 4 nn the high res 044 P -- in which his cbaraBer is halo, • is, with his Aides-de.CamP, to be .sent to Frame' flee from any restriaion. The military and 11 ° 11 ; end man -for bet Ween offieersa. troops, crews, &c. are permitted to.dispostS of their, priyate property. No papers us rerer l of a pahlie naturp to be reinoved. The garriar Civil Staff, ace. of ki;geon Island, to sbarethe SOO fate as those. of Fort Penis. Those, officers go d I others employed who (nave) property or bolo ° in Martinique, tO, remain six months, and Ole wards share the fate of the Garrison. 'rho colonists and inhabitants to be allowed, if requited, to I'ollo o the fate of the Garrison, No, individual or any "eon to be molested on account of political opinic lls ' The Catholic Religion to be- preserved in, its preso C state, and the property assigned for its maintenli 3c° to be reipe6led. The embarkatton of the French troops to take place in eight, and not more WI ) fifteen days, according as transports cart be igvl3lll-ech. [Wc shall give the Articles at length to:rnorroci togel withal) account of the Military St o res, which arc iinglo4.4 i4dmiraltp 7 Office, April 12, 1809. Captain Joseph Spear, of his Majesty's Sloop th ° \Volverene, arrived at this Office this manning with dispatches from Rear-Admiral the Mon: Sir Ak.l - Cochrane, K. B. Commander in Chief 0 117i4 Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the Lee ward I _, 44nds' a w dd hi r c e i s t s t ed he t f oolltlotewig Hon . W illiam Wcopilileias :....mWeliesey Pole, SIR Neptune Fort-Royal B ?Y 0 ' 1 ' 6114/116 'February a 4. 1 8 9. By my Letter of the t sth a dup licate of 'wl' ich accompanies ruthilissi,olitoegiestidierrawieitlk oduineiroafitythe:iitih'44:oo been informed, that it was intended to open a I ` , r i , on the enemy from four batteries on the glec ee o 'rig day, in addition to his own guns turned nr c e him from Fort Edward, which was aceordinglY at half past four in the afternoon, the time PP' pointed. The enemy at first returned the fire With sp bat it gradiaallY slackened until the following 0101°. jog, and then eniirelteettse' except at log Oct' vals, which Made it evident Le was; beaten from his guns.' Cap While the batteries were kept constanti,r fi cartonring on and Notharn, of the York and Intrepid, %v n i th about 404"aalen and marines, cont inued to be er ; played in z'etting the I le wv ' ca nnon, mort l "' tains the enemy front the western side,